Senior FPGA Verification Engineer

CesiumAstro • El Segundo, CA

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About The Position

At CesiumAstro, developers and pioneers create communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. The company describes a dynamic, cross-functional work environment and offers hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a startup environment.

The position provides technical leadership for verification of FPGA-based hardware solutions for products and platforms. It contributes to product development by establishing FPGA verification methodologies, resolving complex engineering challenges, and advancing FPGA solutions to improve product performance, reliability, and mission success.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
• At least 5 years of industry or university research experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of FPGA systems at the HDL level.
• Extensive knowledge of digital logic design, FPGA architecture, hardware description languages (HDL), and digital systems.
• Considerable proficiency developing FPGA verification environments for complex products.
• Thorough understanding of FPGA verification methodologies, timing closure, embedded systems, and high-speed interfaces.
• Working knowledge of the UVM Framework (UVMF), including developing reusable testbenches, verification components, and automated test environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Experience with FPGA development, simulation, and synthesis tools such as Vivado, Quartus Prime, ModelSim, QuestaSim, or equivalent applications.
• Experience with engineering analysis, version control, and collaboration tools such as MATLAB, Git, Jira, Windchill, or equivalent applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must meet applicable U.S. Government Space Technology Export Regulations eligibility requirements: be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or be eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with worst-case analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
• Familiarity with digital communications and digital signal processing.
• Experience with board-level hardware design.
• Demonstrated ability to work efficiently with a distributed team.
• Proficiency with Git source code control.
• Experience developing firmware using agile flows.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex FPGA verification, debugging, and qualification activities supporting product development.
• Evaluate simulation results and engineering risks, and direct solutions that improve product performance and reliability.
• Validate FPGA designs through verification planning, qualification testing, failure analysis, root cause investigations, and engineering change implementation.
• Develop verification plans and verification review packages to support engineering decisions.
• Support customer meetings, design reviews, technical discussions, hardware integration, and product development by providing FPGA engineering guidance.
• Evaluate FPGA, verification methods, and technical requirements to identify improvements.
• Drive initiatives that enhance FPGA performance, engineering efficiency, product reliability, design quality, and long-term maintainability.

Benefits

• Company stock options.
• Health, dental, and vision plans.
• Health savings account (HSA) and flexible spending account (FSA).
• Life and disability plans.
• Retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior